today I made a 10 minute sketch of the character that I have been working with over the last couple of months.
This time I tried making her seem a bit more boyish, to make it more believable that she could kick some mayor ass.
I can’t say if I am into it yet, but it was fun to work with as a test of how one might work this kind of look out.
I share a birthday with my cousin. This is not the biggest imposition, but every year, when planning birthdays, it does present some logistical problems. The standing rule is, whomever snatches the best weekend first, has claimed it for whatever kind of party he is planning.
This year, my cousin snatched the actual date of our birthday, which meant that I had to attend his celebration on our shared birthday.
this particular family function turned out, as these usually do, kind of boring, but nice. By far the most interesting thing that happened was when my aunt found some pictures from my mothers childhood.
This is how I found out that my mother used to look like the lead singer of “the verve” and that is how I found the picture above.
What you see above is a picture of my, now dead, aunt when she was little. I can’t say how old she is in this picture, but I can say that it is adorable.
I decided to draw this picture to capture a part of my aunt that I never knew, but wish I had. She looks like she might have been a fun child.
it has been a while since I uploaded a true blue digital drawing, so I thought today would be the day that I returned in style.
Well, that was the intention, and then this plopped out.
I can’t say that I am happy with this, which was drawing with reference to a marble statue that appeared on my dash, but it is present, which at this time of day (12.43 at night) is more than enough to qualify for an upload.
To forget my somewhat laughable drawing skills, I will thumb through “the art of Tomb raider” which I got as a birthday present and wish that I was a better artist.
after a short break of a little over a week I decided that today was the day for me to go back to what I know I can do well. granted, this is not my best work, but it does represent one of the things I have come to know that I do well, portraits.
This particular piece was done in 10 minutes and while not precise or exact, I like the way I was able to capture light falling on this guys face.
I have got to be honest and say that I have had a very long day, so please forgive me if I am not up to my usual banter. What I can say, is that I managed to give you this insight into my process, which for better or for worse depicts my struggles with art. Please follow this link to see how this drawing was made.
today was my first day back in school for a very long time. In fact is the last day of my final year in school, which should be exciting. and to a certain degree it was. It was great to see all of the people that I have missed since the holiday started and it has been great to get some structure back to my life.
The problem is, though, that I had gladly forgotten the actual school part of being in school. What I was remembering was the fun parties and the general feeling of awesomeness, not the boring reports or the endless lectures. I guess I will get back into the swing of things, it might just take a while
I was not kidding when I told you that I was suffering from artist block. This leaves you, with the fun oppertunity of judging which of my drawing today take the cake as the worst.
will it be:
the horribly drawn portrait of Liam hemsworth
or
the possibly worse drawing of my mother
it is a good thing that I am as widely ignored as I am, because the drawing that you see above is actually suppose to be a wedding gift for a family member this coming saturday.
My brother talked me into making an original piece that we would then give to happy couple as a fun “do-it-yourself” sort of thing, only with the added bonus of me being able to actually draw.
The only trouble is that I am not an artist.
I have never considered myself an artist nor do I think I ever will. I am much t pragmatic for that to be my chosen profession, so for me to create something that was supposed to be more than just communication was a daunting task.
In the end, I draw the drawing you see above. Now, is it art? no… oh god no. This is really just me browsing around tumblr and finding some refernce photo’s from which I thought I could make “something similar”.
As you probably know from reading every post of this blog down to the final detail, I can be quite harsh with myself when it comes to drawings.
As a matter of fact, I think I am disappointed with my drawing more often than I am happy with them.
So this is one of those rare times when I have say, I actually kind of like this one.
I don’t know if it is the fact that I was playing around with some new brushes on this piece or the models overall look, but this piece came out OK.
I will ride this high for the rest of the day. Get ready for tomorrow when I will probably be really down on myself once again
I have decided to indulge my self this week and draw nothing but portraits for the remainder of it.
I like drawing portraits, even if they don’t always turn out the way that I want them to. there is something fun about catching the expression and angles of a persons face to make them feel alive.
The reason that I have decided to indulge myself in this, is that I have had a frustrating weekend.
As I probably mentioned, I was gifted an OUYA (the android gaming platform) by my work and I have spend the weekend trying in vain to get a very small demo onto the platform to show the people that I work with.
I am sure that it is possible to do, but I have to be honest and say that it has been close to impossible for me so far. At this point, the only reason that I am not giving up, is that I am stubborn as hell.
So with this going on, I thought that I might just gift myself a week of nothing but smooth sailing in the drawing department.
Sylvester Hansen